19-year-old pupil repeats grade 8 six times at Limpopo school
Pupils repeat one grade for more than five years. A total of 19 girls fell pregnant in one year. Some grade 8 pupils cannot write their names. Adults as old as 25... Read more.
‘Sassa beneficiaries get instant NSFAS funding approval’
While acknowledging that the gap between the demand for first-degree university education is not matched by the number of spaces available at these institutions,... Read more.
Sky’s the limit for top Amajuba district matric pupil
She has all the top positions covered – and now she has secured a place and scholarship at Africa’s top university to study medicine. Sinakhokonke Siyaya received... Read more.
Tale of hope, jubilation and despair for SA youth
While best friends Kanetso Lekhisa and Thozamile Funeka, who have been dreaming about the day the national spotlight will be fixed on them, were celebrating as they... Read more.
SoS pupils at Mohloli all pass new maritime economics course
The first inland school to offer maritime studies, Mohloli Maths, Science and ICT School of Specialisation (SoS), has marked another milestone with the first group... Read more.
Setback and comeback for top and worst schools
It was a stressful week for Vosloorus Comprehensive Secondary School principal Jabulani Mnisi and his teachers when Monday passed without a phone call from the Department... Read more.
Ex-pupil causes mayhem at school
A former pupil was arrested this week at Lethulwazi Comprehensive Secondary School in Vosloorus, Ekurhuleni, for allegedly threatening and attempting to assault... Read more.
Department hints at markedly good results for Class of 2022
The Department of Basic Education continued to tease in the build-up to the announcement of National Senior Certificate matric results. In his technical report ahead... Read more.
Motshekga showers Class of 2022 top achievers with praise
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has heaped praises on South Africa’s top achievers of the matric Class of 2022. Describing them as being “unacquainted... Read more.
Umalusi worried by problematic questions during matric exams
While it was the unsolvable question 5.1 in the Mathematics Paper 2 final matric exams that caused a furore, it was not the only problematic question for the Class... Read more.
